Gaetano Buda was standing up and all in against Fabrizio Bruno
Gaetano Buda: K♥K♣ 
Fabrizio Bruno: A♦Q♣
The flop came 7♣5♣5♠. The turn was the 5♥ and the river was the A♠. Buda reacted in horror with a yell of disgust when the ace hit and his rail did the same as he was brutally taken out on the river.
The short stack of Nick Skotidakis was at risk preflop.
Nick Skotidakis: Kx9x
Tommy Nguyen: A♣10♦
The board ran out Q♦2♦A♥8♣7♥ and Skotidakis was gone.
Three players were on a flop of J♠Q♦J♣. Kevin MacDonald bet 400,000, Duff Charette folded the button and James Pillon called in the small blind. The turn was the 10♦. It went check-check.
The river came the A♦. Pillon led out for 700,000 and MacDonald quickly called.
Pillon tabled the absolute nuts with the K♦J♦.
Pillon then questioned MacDonald if he would have called more on the river to which MacDonald replied, "I had a big hand".
Nick Skotidakis opened to 325,000 from the cutoff. Di Zhang shoved 1,300,000 from the big blind and was called after a few moments.
Di Zhang: J♦5♦
Nick Skotidakis: A♥10♦
The flop came Q♣10♥8♦. The turn was the 9♥ to hit the straight for Zhang and the river was the 2♠ to secure a double for him.
Level: 30
Blinds: 100,000/150,000
Ante: 150,000
The field is down to 14 after a blistering first two levels of action. Time for a 15-minute break.
Action was joined on the turn with a pot of around 1,250,000 in it with it reading 2♥9♥10♣8♥. From the big blind, Gaetano Buda jammed.
Tommy Nguyen was under the gun and got a count, which was 2,230,000. He took about a minute before he folded.
Eric Lupovich was all in and at risk preflop.
Eric Lupovich: Q♠10♠
George Lagos: K♠J♠
The flop came 10♦4♠5♠. The turn was the 4♦ and the river the K♣ to end the run for Lupovich.
Arnaud Bonhomme-Lemieux opened to 275,000 under the gun. Hussein Hassan jammed for about 2,475,000 from the small blind. Di Zhang was in the big blind and took his time. After thinking for close to two minutes he called.
Bonhomme-Lemieux instantly re-jammed over the top and Zhang shook his head but quickly sigh-called.
Hussein Hassan: J♥J♠
Arnaud Bonhomme-Lemieux: A♦A♣
Di Zhang: Q♣Q♥
It was a dream spot for Bonhomme-Lemieux but was not out of the woods yet as Zhang had the largest of the three stacks. The flop came 6♠A♥4♣ to clear the path for the aces as the turn was the 2♥ and the river the A♠ for quads.
Hassan was eliminated and Zhang was left short while Bonhomme-Lemieux collected the big boon for the chip lead.
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